Transcript Titel - PRO AKIS

Prospects for Farmers‘ Support:
Advisory Services in European AKIS
(PRO AKIS)
EU FP 7 coordination and support action
A brief project presentation
Funded by European Commission
GA 311994
Introduction and objectives
Farmers are facing changing political conditions and a strong
pressure from markets and citizens to adjust and to innovate.
They need timely access to knowledge and information, to
training and education and to facilitating and supporting
services.
It is the overall purpose of PRO AKIS to contribute to the
performance of advisory services within the European AKIS so
that they can better provide relevant and reliable knowledge to
farmers and other rural actors.
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Definitions
We understand advisory services as the entire set of organizations
that will enable the farmers to co-produce farm-related solutions by
establishing service relationships with advisers so as to produce
knowledge, exchange information, and enhance skills.
We understand agricultural knowledge and information or
innovation systems as concepts that represent linkages between
people and institutions to promote mutual learning and generate,
share, and utilize agriculture related technology, knowledge,
information and innovation.
We use this concept with an infrastructural view to highlight the
presence and interactions of actors and the infrastructures that
govern the behavior of actors in knowledge exchange and innovation
processes in the course of time.
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Activities and work packages
PRO AKIS will
1.
Develop a conceptual framework on advisory services within AKIS
2.
Elaborate an inventory of AKIS institutions and interaction in the EU-27
3.
Study and assess patterns of advisory services and knowledge flows, in
particular
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small-scale farmers‘ access to relevant and reliable knowledge
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linkages and gaps between research systems and farming practices
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scientific research and farmers‘ demands for knowledge
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Rural networks to enhance
innovation processes
4. Integrate expert panel‘s feedback
and participatively assess
project‘s outputs
5. Assure broad dissemination of
findings and provide evidencebased policy recommendations
PRO AKIS work package structure
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Topics and location of case studies
Topic of case study
Study sites
Synthesis seminar
(02/15) organised
in … and by …
1.
Advisory services for small
scale farming
UK
Portugal
Poland
Bulgaria
in Bulgaria
by
ZALF, AUP, UTAD
2.
Advisory services bridging
research and knowledge
needs of farmers
Germany
France
Poland
Bulgaria
In Germany
By
ZALF, UTAD
3.
Enhancing services for rural
innovation networks
Germany
UK
France
Portugal
In Portugal
by
ZALF, UTAD
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Expected results
• a conceptual framework for the assessment of the manifold AKIS in Europe
• an inventory of AKIS institutions and interactions in the EU-27 as a
searchable database
• comparative analyses and assessments of successes, strengths and
weaknesses of specific knowledge systems through case studies
• increased international and inter-regional exchange of AKIS stakeholders on
the performance of advisory services within the various AKIS in Europe and
• policy recommendations for strengthening European agricultural innovation
systems
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The consortium partners
University of Agriculture, Krakow (UAK)
Knowledge Centre for Agriculture (VFL)
James-Hutton Institute (JHI)
Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) &
University of Hohenheim
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
Agricultural University Plovdiv (AUP)
University Trás-o-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD)
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The time line, main events
2012
Project events
2013
12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2014
10 11 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2015
10 11 12
1 2 3 4 5
Steering committee
Projects meetings
Policy Advisors
Board
International
Stakeholder Board
Regional Workshops
Synthesis Seminars
Final conference
Face to face meeting
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Further information and contact
Funds: PRO AKIS is funded with 1.5 Mio € by EU FP 7
Coordination: University of Hohenheim, Germany
Prof. Dr. Andrea Knierim
[email protected]
Website: www.proakis.eu
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